Safety lighting torch



H. M. SCOTT SAFETY LIGHTING TORCH Filed May 22 `Pune 3 1924.

' Patented June 3, 1924.

UNrr PTEA . SAFETY LIGHTING TORCH.

application :nea may as, 1922. Iserial No. 562,740.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: n

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Safety Lighting Torch, of which the following is Aa specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that disastrous lires often have occurred, in steam vessels, by reason of the fact that it is neces sary to carry a lighted torch from place to place, for the purpose of lighting the boiler burners of the vessel.

The foregoing being understood, it is one object of the invention to provide a torch which may be extinguished readily," and be lighted without diiiiculty, there being no oc` f casion for carrying a lighted torch from place to place. Although the device is adapted peculiarly to be'used on vessels, for

the purpose stated, it is by no means.conned, in its application, to such a use.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improvev generally and to enhance the 26 utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will 'appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of arts and in the Ydetails of construction herelnafter described and claimed, it being understood that, with-` in the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodimentv of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings v Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device contructed in accordance with the invention;

4.0 Figure 2 is a'longitudinal section wherein parts appear inelevation; Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; Figure 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing a modified form of the invention; Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the device' is shown as including a tubular body 1, provided at one end with an enlarged casing 2 which may be considered as part of the body. A bayonet slot 3 is fashioned in the body 1 and includes a transverse extension 4. At its inner end, the body 1 issurrounded by a grip 5 which is secured to the body, the grip being equipped in its-outer end with notches 6. A guide 7 is inserted into the inner end of the body 1 and is held therein by securing elements 8 received in the notches 6 of the grip 5.

A plunger 91 is mounted for reciprocation 'in the guide 7 and extends within the body of the spring being extended through the.

guide 7 and being bent to engage the same, as shown at 14, the guide having a seat 15 in its outer end, through which the extremity of the spring 12 passes. 'l'.he plunger 9 has lateral projection 16, mounted to .A move in the bayonet slot .3 ofthe body 1.

Adjacent to its outer end, the plunger 9 carries spaced disks 17 and 18, between which is located a mass of absorbent material 19, constituting a fuel carrier.

When the projection 16 on the plunger 9 is disengaged from the extension 4 of the bayonet slot 3, the spring 12 tends to retract the plunger 9, so that the fuel carrier 19 is housed completely' in the casing 2 of the body 1. TheA operator, however, may. advance the plunger 9, by means of thev handle 10, until the fuel carrier 19 projects beyond the casing 2, as shown in Figure2, the disk 17 remaining in the casing 2, to serve as a guide for the plunger.v When the plunger 9 is advanced, as shown in Figure 2, the spring 12 is put under tension. If the plunger 9 be rotated slightly the projection 16 will be engaged in the extension 4 of the bayonet slot 3, and, thus, the parts will be held in the positionof Figure 2, against the retracting action of the spring 12. The absorbent material 19, beingsaturated with fuel, may be ignited, andthe device may be used as a torch, for lighting burners or for any other purpose. If rotation be imparted to the plunger 9, the projection `16 will move out of the extension 4 of the bayonet slot 3,l

whereupon the spring 12 will react upon the plunger 9, retracting the plunger, and drawing the absorbent material 19 into the casing 2, the dame existing at the part 19 being extinguished. The general construction of the device, obviousl is such that the .flame of the torch may put out by a simple movement, it bein unnecessary to tread out the flame or smot ier it b any other operation likely to produce a re.

The modification disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 embodies a means wliereb the torch may be lighted electrically. T e bayonet slot 3, the projection 16, the spring 12, and attendant ex lained. j f

he device as disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 includes a tubular body 20 carrying an enlarged casing 21. The hollow plunger appears at 22, and the handle at 40. A isk 23 is mounted on the plunger v22 and the plunger carries a spider 24. A mass of absorbent material 25 constituting a fuel carrier, surrounds the 4plunger 23 and is located between the disk 23 and the spider 24. A closure 27 is mounted on the outer end of the plunger 22 and substantially fills the casing 21 transversely when the plunger 22 is retracted, as shown in Figure 4. The closure 27 may be held on the plunger 22 in any desired way. If preferred, a plug 26 may be mounted in the outer end of the plungei,l a securing member 28 passing through the closure and engaging the plug. The plunger 22 carries terminals 30, disposed between the spider 24 and the closure 27, the terminals having curved ends 31 extended into close relation to each other as shown in Figure 5, so that a spark may jump there-4 shown in connection with the plunger 9 of Figure 2, the circuit 32 ma be closed throu h the instrumentality o the switch 33, w ereupon a spark will jump between the ends 31y of the terminals 30. Since the spider 24 is of open work construction, the fuel in the absorbent material 25 will supply a gas which will be ignited readily by the spark, the flame being, transferred to the fuel in the absorbent material25 and the torch being used in the way hereinbefore explained in connection with the torch shownin Figuresl 1 and 2. When the occasion for the useof the torch has passed, the plunger 22 is retracted in the way hereinbefore set forth, the closure 27 cooperating with the end of the casing 21 to extinguish the iame.

What is claimed is: 1. A torch comprising .a tubular body having an imperforate portion at one end and parts, are used, as hereinbefore yminals through the plunger.

naeaoas rovided` intermediate its ends with a,

ayonet slot having a lateralextension, a plunger and a fuel-carrier mounted on the plun er, the plun er and the carrier being slida le in the bo y to permit the carrier to be advanced and retracted with respect to the other end of the body, the plunger .haying a projection; a retractile sprin within the body and connected at one en to the plun and means for connecting the retractile spring to the first specified end of the body, the spring being housed comletely 1n said imperforate portion of the dy when the spring is expanded and when the projection is received in the extension of the bayonet slot. l

2. A torch comprising a tubular body, a guide in one end of the body, a plunger slidable in the guide, a retractile spring in the body, one eiid of the spring being connected to the guide, and the other end of the spring being connected to the plunger, a' fuel-carrier mounted on the 4plungerfor advancement with respect to the other end of the body, and latch mechanism for holding the plunger and the carrier advanced, against th'e retractile effort of the sprin 3. A torch comprising a tubufar body, a guide on one end of the body, a plunger slidable in the guide, a retractile spring in the body, one end of the spring being connected to the guide, and the other end of the s ring being connected to the plunger, a fue -carrier mounted on the plunger, for advancef ment with respect to the other end of the body, latch mechanism for holding the plunger and the carrier advanced, against the retractile ei'ort of the spring, a securing device holding the guide on the body, and -a grip on the body, the grip having an opening giving access to the securing element.

4. A torch comprising a tubular body, a hollow plunger slidable in the body, a fuelcarrier on the plunger and movable into and out of the body, cooperating terminals mounted on .the plunger and located in ad Vance of the carrier, and conductors assembled with the -terminals and extended p backwardly through the hollow plunger.

5. A torch comprisin a body, a hollow plunger slidable in the ody, a fuel-carrier on the plunger, aV closure for the body, the closure being spaced from the carrier and being mounted on the plun er, terminals mounted on the plunger an disposed between the closure and the carrier and condnctors extended backwardly from the terj l,

v6. A torch comprising a body, a plunge/r slidable in the bod a fuel-carrierv on the lunger, a closure or the body, the closure eing s aced from the carrier and being mounte on the lunger,l and an ignition means for the uel-carr1e r, the ignition means comprising a part disposed between 'the carrierand the c-losure and mounted onas my own, I have hereto aixed my signa,-

-w'the lunger, and constituting means whereture in the presence of two witnesses.

by t e ignition is communicated to the oarrler, said part being housed within the body, HERBERT' M SCOTT 5 when the closure is in place with respect to Witnesses:

the body. W. W. HILL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing HARRY T. JONES. 

